"Your Excellency, rest assured, with the help of Yang Baihu and others, the war in the rear has been won." Zhu Chang's slightly hoarse voice suddenly came from behind him. Lu Zhen turned his head to look and saw that among the brocade guards, he and Lin Qing were a little pale and mixed in with each other, and there were still some blood stains on their chests.

Just by looking at it, Lu Zhen knew that the two of them must have suffered a loss at the hands of the Japanese Kou, so he said with concern: "You are also injured?" But was it stopped by the Japanese Bandits? ”

The two brothers with different surnames drooped their heads when they heard this, and said with some shame: "Let the adults down, we wanted to catch up and protect you, but we were injured by two Japanese robbers in the middle of the road......"

It turned out that after Lu Zhen took Yu Wanting to break through the three widows, Lin Qing and the others also arrived. As a result, the two would-be robbers, having learned their lesson, cut off their horses' legs and fell heavily to the ground.

Although Lin Zhu and the others then attacked hard, they failed to break through the obstruction of the two. Subsequently, two more pirates arrived, and they were outnumbered, but they were not greatly injured. And after they were sure that they would win, the two of them chased after them again, leaving only two people to entangle Lin Qing and them.

"If it weren't for Yang Baihu suddenly bringing people to kill, my two brothers would have to be killed by the Japanese Kou." Lin Qing also sighed rather dejectedly, this incident obviously hit him very hard.

In the past, in the capital, he always felt that it was because there were too many powerful people and his low status that he had no chance of getting ahead. But after experiencing today's series of battles, he realized that there is indeed a huge gap between them and the real masters as members of the gang, not to mention those masters in the Ming Dynasty, even these widows can easily kill themselves.

"You don't have to be ashamed, if you hadn't stopped two of them in a bloody battle this time, I'm afraid Miss Yu and I might have died in this river." Lu Jin's words are by no means polite, but sincere. He knew very well that it was precisely because there was only one widow just now that he could save his life, and once the other party had one more person, even if Yang Zhen arrived later, he was afraid that he would not be able to save his life from the other party's knife.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhen solemnly bowed his hand to Yang Zhen again: "Thanks to Yang Baihu, you made a timely move, otherwise all of us would have died at the hands of the Japanese Invaders." ”

"Lu Tong sentenced you not to be so polite, and we really thank you. If you hadn't saved you desperately, Miss Yu would have ...... Then our guilt will be great. Yang Zhen just smiled faintly: "The widows in the rear have also been swept away, let's go back." ”

Lu Zhen nodded, and then climbed on a horse let out by Jinyiwei, and wrapped a collar of big clothes, which was a little more comfortable. Immediately, he subconsciously turned his head and looked at Yu Wanting on the other side. It just so happened that the other party was also looking at him, and the young man and woman hurriedly avoided it at the moment when their eyes met, and Yu Wanting's face suddenly turned red.

She remembered the situation along the way just now, Lu Zhen held herself in her arms, and she could feel his strong and powerful heartbeat and burning breathing. and when they were in the water, the two were close to each other, and finally they took the initiative to get close to him and talk to him...... This kind of intimate act was not realized just now because her fate was hanging by a thread, but now that she is out of danger and thinks about it, it makes her quite shy.

"Lu Tong's judgment is really good, and he was able to save Miss Yu under the hands of the Japanese Kou, but why did you go into the water?" A brocade guard asked curiously.

These words made the two of them a little embarrassed, and Lu Zhen had to say casually: "Our mount is injured, and we can't get rid of the Japanese who are chasing after us on foot, so we can only think of hiding in the water, hoping to hide from them." It's just that it didn't work out after all. By the way, the Japanese in the back were defeated by Yang Baihu, did you arrive to defeat them? In order to avoid embarrassment, Lu Zhen immediately changed the topic.

Yang Zhen glanced at Lu Zhen and Yu Wanting thoughtfully, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. But he said: "Yes, Lu Baihu's situation was indeed not so optimistic before......

Under his narration, Lu Zhen learned the specific situation of defeating the gangsters.

It turned out that after he and the others suddenly broke away, the attack of the Japanese invaders was even more fierce than before. And the officers and soldiers were already a little timid, and after seeing these guys who did not dodge or dodge, but just blindly attacked, they could only exert fifty percent of their combat strength on weekdays.

Although they had formed a position that was still conducive to defense, as the Japanese continued to slash and raid, the first sword soldiers still suffered many casualties.

Just when the situation was critical, Yang Zhen finally arrived with someone and a horse. Although there were only more than 20 Jinyi guards who arrived, everyone had enough weapons to restrain these widows - crossbow arrows!

Under the round of shooting, the originally high morale of the Japanese invaders suffered a lot of casualties, and their momentum weakened.

Seeing this situation, Lu Baihu immediately ordered the army to counterattack, and then with the help of dozens of cavalry advancing on both sides, he finally completely defeated these dozens of widows.

But this battle also sounded the alarm for the Ming officers and soldiers, so that they finally knew how far they were from the Japanese Kou. Unexpectedly, with superior troops, he was overwhelmed by more than 20 Japanese robbers, and he almost collapsed completely.

And the post-war inventory was even more frightening. In this battle, there were only seven or eight Japanese who were really killed by them, and a few were killed by the Jinyi guards who arrived. But the casualties of their own family reached nearly half - twenty-three sword and spearmen were killed, and thirty others were seriously wounded!

This result was a great stimulus to Lu Baihu, and until Lu Zhen and the others came back, he was still stunned, and there were words in his mouth: "What...... How so? If the Japanese have such combat power, how should we deal with it next? ”

This really can't help but make him nervous, you must know that the soldiers and horses he brought out this time are also the elite of the officers and soldiers of the Zhejiang Guard, and they were completely suppressed by the Japanese under such circumstances. Now, Zhejiang is in turmoil, once this is the strength of the two sides, then the whole Zhejiang is not in danger?

Seeing his worried appearance, Lu Zhen could only step forward and comfort: "Lu Baihu doesn't have to blame himself and be nervous, the matter is not as serious as you think." ”

"Don't comfort me with Lu Tong's judgment, the battle of the eyes is the fact, plus the results of the battle in Ningbo that came before...... At the beginning, I thought it was a little strange to hear that nearly 1,000 soldiers and horses in Ningbo Longshan were almost wiped out by the Japanese invaders, but now it seems that this is their real strength. Obviously, this man's self-confidence was completely destroyed by today's war.

Lu Zhen said solemnly: "Then Lu Baihu, do you know what kind of enemy we encountered tonight? ”

"Huh?" Lu Baihu looked up at Lu Zhen with some puzzlement.

"Don't you know that Lu Baihu is also divided into real and fake Japanese among these widows? The ones we met tonight, and the ones who raided Longshan House before, should be the real ones among the Japanese Invaders. They are all warriors who are the best at fighting in the Wa Kingdom, and each of them wears a Wa sword that is far sharper and stronger than my Ming ordnance. However, they only account for a very small part of the Japanese pirates, and the hundreds of real Japanese should be the hole cards of several Japanese pirates who want to offend our Zhejiang coastal defense this time. As for the rest, they are just a rabble-like rogues, and as long as our officers and soldiers are prepared, they will naturally be more than enough to deal with them. Lu Jinzhong hurriedly made his own explanation.

"Is that true?" When Lu Baihu heard this, his expression looked a little better.

Lu Zhen nodded solemnly: "That's nature." Otherwise, if the pirates were so powerful, would they be willing to wander only at sea, and only plunder some passing ships? I'm afraid they would have already gone ashore with their troops.

"There is another point, which you have never thought of, that is, what are the enemies and us good at. These pirates are the most adept at attacking, especially in the wilderness, and if they dismount, even the Mongols in the north may not be their opponents. But my Ming officers and soldiers didn't rely on this to defend their homeland. We have cavalry, we have walls, and we have bows and crossbows, all of which are means of defeating the enemy. You also saw it just now, after Yang Baihu and they arrived and used crossbow arrows, weren't these widows completely defeated? Today, we are just unprepared to almost lose to the enemy. Therefore, Lu Baihu, you don't have to worry too much, since these robbers dare to offend my Hangzhou, let them taste the power of my Ming official army! ”

After saying these words, Lu Baihu's originally pale face finally looked better: "What the lord said is that he cares too much about the result of this battle." ”

"Actually, Lu Baihu, your reaction is also correct, my Daming Hall official army is still inferior to the Japanese in the case of superior troops, then there must be a problem in my Zhejiang official army. This time, I should buy a lesson, and I hope that Lu Baihu can report truthfully after returning to Hangzhou, hoping to attract the attention of those generals. Lu Zhen mentioned this sentence again.

He remembered very well that a few decades later, when the Japanese really became a great disaster in the southeastern provinces, the battle between the officials and the Japanese was really one-sided. I hope that my words can make today's Zhejiang generals wake up and stop making the army weak because of their own selfish interests.

"Marked down." Lu Baihu solemnly hugged his fists and responded.

Lu Zhen nodded, then turned to look at Yu Yanzhao on the other side, and was relieved to see that the old man was not injured. Then, he felt that two eyes were secretly looking at him, and when he turned his head to look, he found that Yu Wanting had avoided his gaze again.

After hearing Lu Jin's comfort, Yu Wanting's heart was even more moved. This man who saved his life not only has courage and responsibility, but also has a strategy and vision that ordinary people do not have, which makes her unconsciously increase her good impression of him again. A small voice suddenly came out from the depths of my heart: "I want to marry Yu Wanting, it should be a good man like him......"

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The second change on the first day of the Lunar New Year。。。。。